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Airbnb Is Not Just Home-Sharing Anymore — Hotels Are Growing 3x Faster!

Airbnb, Inc. reported strong financial performance for the second quarter of 2026, with revenue increasing 17% year-over-year to $3.6 billion and gross booking value (GBV) rising 16% to $27.2 billion. Nights and seats booked grew 10%, accelerating from the first quarter. The growth was broad-based across geographies, with notable acceleration in core markets such as the U.S., France, the U.K., and Australia, as well as expansion markets growing approximately twice as fast as core markets. First-time guest bookings increased 11%, the highest in four years, driven significantly by the Gen Z demographic. A key driver of this performance is Airbnb’s transition to an AI-native company, enabling faster product development and iterative improvements. The company highlighted numerous AI-driven enhancements across guest search, booking flows, pricing tools for hosts, and customer support, which now resolves nearly 45% of issues without human intervention and supports over 50 languages.